Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Detroit's Teachers Say Show Us The Money

Almost all of Detroit’s public schools were closed last
Monday resulting in over 45,000 students missing classes after roughly half the
district’s teachers called in “sick” to protest the possibility that some of
them won’t get paid over the summer if
the district runs out of cash. This, just the latest in a series of “sick-outs,” caused 94 of 97 schools to close as 1,562
teachers dutifully, robotically obeyed their union’s plea for them to stay
home, despite the fact that teacher strikes are illegal under Michigan law.

This is
an amazing display of chutzpah and hypocrisy given teachers near-constant
diatribes for “volunteerism” and against money-worship, big business, the
for-profit motive, false advertising, capitalism, Wall-Street, “greed,” the
rich, the one-percent, etc., etc., and their similarly constant, aggressive and
narcissistic bloviating about how important they are to the development of
their charges knowledge, character, happiness and ability to get along with
everyone else on earth.

When it
comes down to the potential loss of cash from their own pockets, however, they promptly exclaim, “screw the
little retards, we’re outta here until you show us the f@^!&ing money!”

Based
on how Detroit public-school students fare on competency tests, these teachers
are lucky they get paid at all.

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays